Gylfe

Also known as: King Gylfe · Role: king · First appears: Younger Edda · Foreword · Part 3

Life events

In Snorri's Foreword, Gylfe offered Odin whatever he desired in his kingdom.(Younger Edda · Foreword · Part 3 · 📍 Svithjod)
- With: Odin
- “he went to meet them, and offered Odin such things in his kingdom as he himself might desire.”
King Gylfe gave Gefjun plow-land in his realm as a reward for her storytelling.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter I · Gefjun's Plowing · 📍 Svithjod)
- With: Gefjun
- “Of him it is said that he gave to a wayfaring woman, as a reward for the entertainment she had afforded him by her story-telling, a plow-land in his realm”
The asas foresaw Gylfe’s journey and received him with an eye-deceit.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter II · Gylfe's Journey to Asgard · 📍 Asgard)
- With: asas
- “But the asas were wiser, for they see into the future, and, foreseeing his journey before he came, they received him with an eye-deceit.”

protégé: Odin “he went to meet them, and offered Odin such things in his kingdom as he himself might desire.”

protégé: Gefjun “Of him it is said that he gave to a wayfaring woman, as a reward for the entertainment she had afforded him by her story-telling, a plow-land in his realm, as large as four oxen could plow it in a day and a night But this woman was of the asa-race; her name was Gefjun.”

Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.